2025 Shy Susan Gruner Veltliner

“Shy Susan (Tetratheca gunnii) is a critically endangered Australian wildflower. Her survival depends completely on a little native bee, who alone is capable of pollination. Their fate is forever entwined”.

After working with Tasmanian fruit for nearly two decades Glenn James with his wife, Jo Marsh began crafting wines under their newly created Shy Susan label in 2015. The couple lived in Porepunkah in the Alpine Valleys region and Glenn commuted to Tasmania weekly for his role as Chief Winemaker at Winemaking Tasmania. When Jo fell pregnant in late 2019 Glenn made the decision to leave his role and work fulltime with Jo in the Alpine Valleys. Having many years to experience the quality of fruit the Alpine Valleys had to offer they decided to continue the Shy Susan brand with local fruit. Select small parcels of fruit are crafted to reflect variety, vineyard and the stylistic approach forged from Glenn’s skill and experience.

 Vintage Snapshot

2025 truly was a tale of two vintages. Harvested in mid-February, this fruit was picked before the heat arrived, allowing it to ripen through a period of clear days and cool nights. The result is pristine varietal character, with vibrant freshness, elegance and beautifully developed flavours.

Production Notes

Fruit was machine harvested to achieve some skin contact before pressing.  Once in tank the juice was cold settled and racked off juice solids to seasoned oak where it was inoculated with selected yeast to complete fermentation.  Once complete a period maturation on the yeast lees in old oak allowed the wine to further develop texture. 

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